http://www.blender.org
CinePaint—A powerful and complex tool used by many Hollywood
studios that you can find at http://www.cinepaint.org
darktable—A RAW editor that can be found at http://www.darktable.org
digiKam—Photo management software that can be found at
http://www.digikam.org
Hugin—A panoramic photo stitcher that can be found at
http://hugin.sourceforge.net
Inkscape—A vector graphics creation and editing tool that you can find
at http://inkscape.org
POV-Ray—A powerful and complex 3D graphics program that uses ray
tracing and can be found at http://www.povray.org
Radiance—Intended for the analysis and visualization of lighting in
design and can be found at http://www.radiance-online.org
Xara Xtreme—A general-purpose graphics editor that you can find at
http://www.xaraxtreme.orgUsing Digital Cameras with Ubuntu
Most digital cameras used with Ubuntu fall into one of two categories:
webcams (small, low-resolution cameras connected to the computer’s
interface) or handheld digital cameras that record image data on disks or
memory cards for downloading and viewing on a PC. Ubuntu supports both
types. Other types of cameras, such as surveillance cameras that connect
directly to a network via wired or wireless connections, need no special
support (other than a network connection and viewing software) to be used
with a Linux computer.
Ubuntu supports hundreds of different digital cameras, from early parallel-
port (CPiA chipset-based) cameras to today’s USB-based cameras. You can
even use Intel’s QX3 USB microscope with Ubuntu. The following sections
describe some of the most commonly used types of still camera hardware and
software supported by Ubuntu.
Handheld Digital Cameras
Because of the good development carried out in the Linux world, you can
plug almost any digital camera in to your computer through a USB interface,